Lawyers

Leonardo Guimarães

Partner and Founder of the firm, responsible for the areas of Business Law, Corporate Law, M&A – Mergers & Acquisitions, Bankruptcy Proceeding, Judicial Rebound and Contracts – National and International.

• Majored in Law by the Federal University of Minas Gerais;
• Master in Business Law by the School of Law at UFMG;
• Doctoral candidate in the School of Law at UFMG;
• Former Professor of Commercial Law in the School of Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais;
• Former Professor of Private Law in the School of Economics at UFMG
• PIL – Program of Instruction for Lawyers by HARVARD LAW SCHOOL;
• Law Certificate by OXFORD UNIVERSITY;
• Coordinator of the CESA/MG Committee of Arbitration;
• Member of the CAMARB – Corporate Chamber of Commerce – Brazil;
• Author of the book “Requisitos para Obtenção da Recuperação Judicial” (Requirements for the Obtainment of Judicial Rebound). Mandamentos, Belo Horizonte/MG, 2005;
• Co-author of the book “Direito de Empresa no Novo Código Civil” (Company Law in the New Civil Code). Forense, Belo Horizonte/MG, 2004;
• Co-author of the book “Direito Falimentar Contemporâneo” (Contemporary Bankruptcy Law). Sérgio Antônio Fabris Editor, Porto Alegre/RS, 2008;
• Professor of the LLM Program of Company Law at PUC/MG; Subject: Business Corporations

Some Articles Published in Repositories Authorized by Supreme Courts:

• Trade Law Magazine – RDM.
• “Controversial Issues within the Execution Process”;
• “SPE – Sociedade de Propósito Específico” (Specific Purpose Company);
• “Debarment of Shareholder in Limited Liability Companies in the face of the Civil Code”; among others.

Doctrine articles published in specialized newspapers, magazines and journals, among which:
(i) Revista de Direito Mercantil (Magazine of Mercantile Law) – RDM/USP: “Questões Controvertidas no Processo de Execução” (Controversial Issues in the Execution Process);
(ii) Revista de Direito Mercantil (Magazine of Mercantile Law) – RDM/USP: “A SPE – Sociedade de Propósito Específico” (SPE – Society of Specific Purpose);
(iii) Revista de Direito Mercantil (Magazine of Mercantile Law) – RDM/USP: “Exclusão de Sócio em Sociedade Limitadas face ao Código Civil” (Exclusion of Member in Limited Liability Company in view of the Civil Code), among others.

Lecturer on the following themes, among others:
(i) “Requisitos Necessários ao processamento da recuperação judicial” (Necessary Requisites for the judicial reorganization proceedings) performed by IBGT – Instituto Brasileiro de Gestão e Turnaround – SP;
(ii) “Procedimentos Societários” (Company Proceedings), at Federal University of Minas Gerais;
(iii) Forms of Entering in Companies listed in BOVESPA, at the Headoffice of the Firm Guimarães & Vieira de Mello Advogados.

Foreign Languages: English, Spanish, Italian and Russian.

Marcello A. L. Vieira de Mello

Partner and Founder of the firm, responsible for the areas of Civil Law.

• Partner and Founder of the firm, responsible for the areas of Civil Law, Civil Litigation / Commercial and Banking;
• Major in Law at Federal University of Minas Gerais;
• Master in Company Law at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Law.
• Professor of the LLM Program of Company Law at PUC/MG.
• Former Professor of Private Law at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Economics;
• Former Post-Graduation Professor in Corporate Law Praetorium/Cândido Mendes University RJ;
• Co-author of the book “Direito Falimentar Contemporâneo” (Contemporary Bankruptcy Law), Sergio Antonio Fabris Editor;
• Co-author of the book “Sociedades Anônimas e Mercados de Capitais” (Corporations and Capital Markets), Editora Quartier Latin;
• Member of Instituto dos Advogados de Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais Lawyers Institute);
• Foreign Languages English and Spanish;